All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

JEPI vs. QQQI vs. SPY vs. QQQ vs. PDI: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2024-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-09-03 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
JEPI × 		+15.92%
+5.86%/yr 		+5.06%/yr
R2=0.695
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
QQQI × 		+45.90%
+15.68%/yr 		+16.12%/yr
R2=0.900
NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund
SPY × 		+49.40%
+16.75%/yr 		+15.04%/yr
R2=0.886
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
QQQ × 		+57.46%
+19.14%/yr 		+19.11%/yr
R2=0.867
Invesco QQQ Trust NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund
PDI × 		+6.28%
+2.38%/yr 		+5.11%/yr
R2=0.424
PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund NYSE Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2024-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-09-03 Start
Value 		End
Value
JEPI × 		$10,000.00
2024-01-30 		$11,592.04
2026-09-03
QQQI × 		$10,000.00
2024-01-30 		$14,590.02
2026-09-03
SPY × 		$10,000.00
2024-01-30 		$14,939.66
2026-09-03
QQQ × 		$10,000.00
2024-01-30 		$15,745.68
2026-09-03
PDI × 		$10,000.00
2024-01-30 		$10,627.54
2026-09-03

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-03

  YTD YoY
JEPI × 		+2.44% +6.40%
QQQI × 		+7.85% +15.45%
SPY × 		+10.29% +17.50%
QQQ × 		+13.30% +22.40%
PDI × 		−7.48% −13.62%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
JEPI × 		−1.85%
on 2026-09-03
from 2026-02-27 peak 		−14.46%
on 2025-04-08
from 2024-11-29 peak
QQQI × 		−1.93%
on 2026-09-03
from 2026-06-15 peak 		−20.36%
on 2025-04-08
from 2025-02-19 peak
SPY × 		−0.79%
on 2026-09-03
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−19.12%
on 2025-04-08
from 2025-02-19 peak
QQQ × 		−3.67%
on 2026-09-03
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−23.54%
on 2025-04-08
from 2024-12-16 peak
PDI × 		−14.53%
on 2026-09-03
from 2025-10-09 peak 		−16.11%
on 2026-08-20
from 2025-10-09 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-09-03 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
JEPI × 		+6.40% +9.42%
+4.60%/yr 		+20.73%
+6.48%/yr 		+15.95%
+3.00%/yr 		—
QQQI × 		+15.45% +37.99%
+17.47%/yr 		— — —
SPY × 		+17.50% +34.78%
+16.09%/yr 		+63.08%
+17.71%/yr 		+49.19%
+8.33%/yr 		+198.97%
+11.57%/yr
QQQ × 		+22.40% +47.63%
+21.50%/yr 		+77.30%
+21.03%/yr 		+58.34%
+9.63%/yr 		+372.99%
+16.81%/yr
PDI × 		−13.62% −0.47%
−0.23%/yr 		+20.68%
+6.46%/yr 		−9.84%
−2.05%/yr 		+30.95%
+2.73%/yr

Annual Returns

Year JEPI QQQI SPY QQQ PDI
2026 (YTD) +2.44% +7.85% +10.29% +13.30% −7.48%
2025 +5.28% +15.54% +14.65% +17.63% +8.18%
2024 +9.43% +17.09% +21.39% +22.06% +13.92%
2023 +6.27% — +22.09% +49.84% +8.37%
2022 −9.35% — −23.15% −36.67% −22.03%
2021 +13.54% — +20.27% +19.04% +0.72%
2020 +16.76% — +16.74% +46.63% −11.17%
2019 — — +28.29% +35.86% +19.50%
2018 — — −6.35% −2.00% +5.34%
2017 — — +19.19% +29.92% +16.14%
2016 — — +9.73% +4.92% +14.91%
2015 — — +0.50% +8.64% +1.78%
2014 — — +12.61% +18.29% +19.40%
2013 — — +30.35% +34.61% +10.04%
2012 — — +14.01% +16.10% +22.42%
2011 — — −1.04% +0.40% —
2010 — — +13.36% +18.14% —
2009 — — +23.01% +50.60% —
2008 — — −36.85% −41.78% —
2007 — — +1.01% +14.35% —
2006 — — +13.00% +4.51% —
2005 — — +1.35% −1.79% —
2004 — — +7.21% +7.04% —
2003 — — +25.82% +46.91% —
2002 — — −23.40% −38.82% —
2001 — — −13.10% −34.36% —
2000 — — −12.70% −38.21% —
1999 — — +17.24% +75.08% —
1998 — — +26.65% — —
1997 — — +31.24% — —
1996 — — +18.63% — —
1995 — — +34.61% — —
1994 — — −2.22% — —
1993 — — +6.22% — —